General Information Bachelor of Music

From 12th of September 2022 to 27th February 2023

Exams

• Tests: From 16th to 20th of January.
• Combo and instrument auditions: From 23rd to 27th of January.
• Publication of grades: 31st of January and 1st of February.
• Grade appeals: 10th and 11th of February.
• Appeal decisions: 2nd of February.

Public holidays

• 24th and 26th of September, 12th of October, 1st of November and 6th and 8th of December.
• Christmas Holidays: from 22nd of December to 8th of January inclusive.

➔ ATTENTION: We open two Sundays before the exams so our students can come to study. 

• 15th and 22nd of January: open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.3

From 6th of February to 19th of June 2023

Exams

• Tests: From 6th to 12th of June.
• Combo and instrument auditions: From 13th to 19th of June.
• Publication of grades: 20th of June.
• Grade appeals: 21st and 22nd of June.
• Appeal decisions: 23rd of June.

Public holidays

• Easter Week holiday: from 3rd to 10th of April inclusive.
• 1st of May and 5th and 24th of June.

➔ ATTENTION: We open two Sundays before the exams so our students can come to study. 

• 4th and 11th of June: open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The transfer of credits will include and only take into account the official supporting documents provided by the student. The recognition of credits implies the acceptance by Taller de Músics of those credits that have been taken and passed in the framework of another official degree, both in Taller de Músics and other universities. These credits are considered passed by recognition in the final file for the purpose of obtaining an official degree, with the full academic value of the original grades. The regulations determine the system, the procedure and the criteria that is to be followed within the current legality and provisions of the Bologna Declaration in the process of credit transfer and recognition. The credits recognised according to the above-mentioned resolution are divided into:

• Credits obtained, in official education within the EHEA, in higher art education centres, in other EHEA centres. It is not possible to recognise work credits at the end of a course or at the end of a master’s degree.
• Credits for participation in cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation activities, up to a maximum of 6 credits.

The specific criteria for recognition and transfer of credits are elaborated in the same resolution:

• It is necessary to consider the adequacy between the competences and contents of the subjects already studied and those foreseen in the study plan that is being studied by the applicant student. Only subjects with a 75% match will be recognised.
• In file transfers, all credits obtained are recognised.
• When the student accesses a new specialisation of the same higher degree, all credits obtained in the common subjects of the different specialities are recognised.

Credit validation allows credits to be surpassed by other means, such as artistic or professional experiences, or by studies not included in the system of recognition, and by transfer of credits. The student can request validation by attaching the corresponding documentation. The competences acquired must correspond to those inherent to the subjects involved.

• The credits validated compute for the purpose of obtaining the official degree, but do not incorporate qualification, so they do not count for the purpose of the final qualification scale of the file.
• It is not possible to validate work credits at the end of a degree or master’s degree.
• The maximum number of credits that the centre may propose to the Directorate General for Initial Vocational Training and Special Regime Education will correspond to 15% of the total credits that make up the higher degree syllabus, i.e. 36 credits of the total credits of the syllabus being studied by the applicant student.
• Only the documentation provided by the student in his application for validation will be taken into account. This documentation guarantees the acquired competences that the student wants to be evaluated for in the validation and must correspond to those inherent to the degree.
• A scale of validation is established for some subjects (see documents required for the validation of some subjects).
• All requests for transfer, recognition, and validation of credits must be addressed in writing to the Technical Director of the Centre, who has final responsibility for the resolution.
• Given the diversity of possible origins of the students, each application will be studied by the commission of validation and recognition of credits.
• The resolution of each request will be made in writing and will be argued; the result will be shown on the board of the Center, on the web and in the Virtual Music Workshop. Approved applications will be included in the file and students will be notified in order to make the corresponding registration modification.
• The validation application period will be from the beginning of the registration until one week after the end of the registration period. The resolution will be established during a maximum of 15 days from the end of the application period.
• Subject validations are subject to payment amounting 25% of the cost of the corresponding subject credits.
• Only those subjects will be validated in which there is a coincidence of 75% of the content between those that are to be validated and those taken.

The Erasmus+ program, and more specifically Key Action 1 for the mobility of students and teachers in higher education, is the main means of mobility in our school. The ESEM Musics Workshop obtained the Erasmus Charter in 2014 and since the academic year 2016/17, there are students and teachers at the centre who participate in a network of European partners that has been growing day by day.

Taller de Músics is also open and interested in welcoming students from other centres for certain periods of study, either through the Erasmus+ program or through specific agreements.

More info about Erasmus+

Taller de Músics signed a collaboration agreement with Acción Cultural Española (AC/E). This agreement will serve to boost the professional careers of ESEM students and graduates through stays and concerts in Spain and abroad. These mobility actions will take place between July and November 2019 and, thanks to the agreement, all travel, accommodation and dietary expenses of the participants will be covered.

The ACS is a European network of higher music education institutions, founded in 1953, which brings together more than 280 members from 55 different countries. The aim of this Brussels-based organisation is to support music education through European projects, meetings, and exchanges, as well as to represent the interests of its members.

The Bachelor of Music by Taller de Musics was presented as a new member at the 43rd Annual Congress and General Assembly of the ACS in November 2016 in Gothenburg (Sweden) and participates in various working groups. The AEC website is a resourceful tool for institutions and their professionals as well as for students, with special reference to the mobility programs.

International students will always be admitted through the entrance examinations, for which it will be necessary to homologate the studies carried out abroad equivalent to the Baccalaureate degree (consult the website of the Departament d’Ensenyament).

Since 2019, the Escuela Superior de Estudios Musicales Taller de Músics has been a member of the IASJ. This association has been connecting students, educators, and directors of institutions and centres that teach jazz studies worldwide for 30 years. Each year, they organise the IASJ Jazz Meeting in a different country of the world, where approximately 100 students, educators, and management staff learn, teach, perform and interact. Through this encounter, professional networks are created where leadership experiences are exchanged, jazz research is promoted and/or international bands of this musical genre are promoted